Well, when I access e. g. the flag icons directly, I can see it - but I can't see it on the blog page! Maybe it's a server issue (content type)?

//edit: Now I get HTTP error 403 (forbidden) when trying to access the image... So maybe that's the cause of your problem?

I actually uninstalled and reinstalled the whole bsevo app from my host. Still getting the x's EVERYWHERE

I see icons and images just fine... seems like it's sorted

I guess it's your hoster's/your fault - now I can access the images directly (again), but when I visit your blog Firefox gets a HTTP 403 error when trying to load the images:
http://s1.image.gd/o/7e/7ee34dead4ec312c39b42e555b837dffb7523aa2.png

It seems like your server doesn't like it when you try to access the images with your blog URL as the referrer... You should check that (or ask your hoster).

gmanfsu wrote:

My b2evolution Version: 2.x

OK, I'm a pretty smart guy (I'm a pension actuary, for those that know what an actuary is) and I'm finding b2evo to be ridiculously difficult to customize.

gmanfsu wrote:

I actually uninstalled and reinstalled the whole bsevo app from my host. Still getting the x's EVERYWHERE

I think I know what an actuary is now. An actuary is an arrogant idiot who thinks having a job title enables pathetic attempts at wit OR is someone who rightfully self-identifies as "smart guy" but for some reason is incapable of typing 5 characters successfully.

EdB wrote:

I think I know what an actuary is now. An actuary is an arrogant idiot who thinks having a job title enables pathetic attempts at wit OR is someone who rightfully self-identifies as "smart guy" but for some reason is incapable of typing 5 characters successfully.

wow that was harsh, i'm glad i didn't make typhos in my first posts

EdB wrote:

I think I know what an actuary is now. An actuary is an arrogant idiot who thinks having a job title enables pathetic attempts at wit OR is someone who rightfully self-identifies as "smart guy" but for some reason is incapable of typing 5 characters successfully.

Dude, seriously? You gots PMS or something?

First off, what attempts at wit? Nothing but pure frustration and anger.

Second, arrogance? Because I said I'm "pretty smart"?

And you're not going to make me go back and find all of your typos and grammatical errors and make you look like a fool, are you?

Edited to add:

Oh yeah, and "idiot"? Because I'm one of MANY people who have trouble getting this software installed (one of those is a friend of mine who's been doing web development quite successfully for 9 years and he couldn't get the software to work for me properly either)? Who's arrogant? You've found one thing you know and have developed a skill for and anyone who can't do what you can do, even though you've spent hundreds if not thousands of hours developing your skill compared to our 10 or 20 hours, is an idiot?

Sounds pretty high on the arrogance list there. Maybe you should get yourself a mirror...

gmanfsu wrote:

EdB wrote:

[...] who thinks having a job title enables pathetic attempts[...]

[...]

First off, what attempts at wit? Nothing but pure frustration and anger.

Second, arrogance? Because I said I'm "pretty smart"?

[...]
MANY people who have trouble getting this software installed (one of those is a friend of mine who's been doing web development quite successfully for 9 years and he couldn't get the software to work for me properly either)?[...][

A web developer is not the same as an Web 2.0 application (i.e., b2evolution) or content management system (CMS) deployer or an (web) server administrator.

Every discipline requires preliminary efforts to acquire proficiency. Accordingly, you may want to do an local installation of the Web 2.0 b2evo software to acquire the first. The second --proficiency-- is the accumulation of the first and is not (usually) a transferable quantity to another (discipline).

There are hosting providers out there that will install the b2evo software for their customers upon an business engagement. On the other hand, there are (other) hosting providers that will cripple certain aspects of PHP (an essential component required by b2evo) due to paranoid security concerns --or their inhability to administer their domains.

If your hosting service is WinXX based, there may be misconfiguration(s) on the open source stack required as the foundation for b2evo.

As suggested by those who replied a priori, your hosting provider may be at fault. As far as I can deduce, b2evo is not more difficult to install than typical open source (web) content management frameworks like SilverStripe, as an specific instance.

Good luck!

Thanks nan. But "web developer" was my title. He does everything from soup to nuts in getting corporate web sites up and running. Point being was just that he is well experienced in developing web sites and not at all with b2evo, but he still had trouble.

As far as the issue being with my hosting company, I have to doubt that. It's Lunar Pages and they have v2.4.5 right on the cPanel for users to use and install.

Not saying it can't be an error on their part, but I doubt it's deliberate php disabling as you suggested it might be. And their servers are Linux based, not Windows.

Unfortunately, they offer no support for b2evo.